Thank you very much, and thank you to the witnesses for being here today. The testimony is incredibly compelling, to put it lightly.
The Chávez regime, and indeed the Maduro regime, have leaned on the idea that they alone could advance the interests of the Venezuelan poor, that they alone had the ability to do that, and their legitimacy, or perceived legitimacy, was based on that notion, which, as it has turned out, is quite false indeed.
You mentioned in your presentation food and medical shortages. I wonder if you could speak about the shortages, particularly by focusing on how they have impacted Venezuela's poor. Then also touch on what the opposition is offering to the poor of Venezuela in terms of an economic alternative to the current regime, an economic alternative that gives them hope for the future, concrete ideas in terms of how their prospects can be improved.